My latest newsletter is out! Shoutouts: @crsutton.bsky.social @kaleidotrope.bsky.social @spencerrscott.bsky.social @joewadlington.bsky.social @khanwong.bsky.social @zoeoyoung.bsky.social @clarionucsd.bsky.social buttondown.com/tkrex/archiv...

Jurassic Perk, Solar Punk Farms, and a novella you'll love

Everything is hard but at least we have some good stuff to read and a nice farm to visit.

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We are excited to announce the stories for our issue “Ghosts & The After Life” edited by Ai Jiang @aijiang.bsky.social 👻 EC Dorgan “Flehmen Grimace” Samir Sirk Morató “unwell naturalist’s historic fairy collection” @spicycloaca.bsky.social Emmi Khor “The Art of Rebirth” @emmikhor.bsky.social

"In Daniel’s memory, the waters of the swift and scalding spring were dark and viscous, like the back of a seething serpent..." Check out "We Have Always Bathed in the Scalding Spring" by Stefen Holtrey. 👇 www.thecosmicbackground.com/stories/stef...

Open call tomorrow!

The Cosmic Background@thecosmicbgr.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Tomorrow April 8 we open for our next Guest Editor issue... NABOKOV'S SUSPENSION Edited by Jehanne Bell 👅🧵👻🎤✍️ We are looking for flash fiction about the things that fall away, transform, and negotiate new bodies as the words that create either their home or their prison shapeshift around them.

Just a few more hours to get your submissions in!

The Cosmic Background@thecosmicbgr.bsky.social · 6mo ago

SURPRISE! To celebrate spring break, we our extending this call for stories through APRIL 5! Kick back, get the gold on Rainbow Road, and polish up that flash fiction. Time is ticking.

A review of “(Skin)” by Chelsea Sutton, published in Diabolical Plots #Squinter #Reviews https://foofaraw.press/a-review-of-skin-by-chelsea-sutton-published-in-diabolical-plots/ 〄

A review of “(Skin)” by Chelsea Sutton, published in Diabolical Plots

Vito Gulla

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Submissions are OPEN for our special issue theme: THROWBACK TECH 🎥📺📻🎮📀📼🕹️👾 Edited by @prof-bogs.bsky.social Let's do this. You have until March 31. It's a new year, let's celebrate with old tech. ➡️ thecosmicbackground.moksha.io/publication/...

Pretty cool to see my novella listed in the new releases on @locusmag.bsky.social ✨ locusmag.com/2026/02/new-...

New Book Releases: February 10, 2026

Visit our bookshop.org page to purchase this week’s new books and support your local bookstore. And us! Adams, Guy: The Thirteenth Floor Anthology (Rebellion UK 978-1837866038, $16.99, 352pp,…

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today on X-R-A-Y, Rebecca Gransden @rgransden.bsky.social interviews Chelea Sutton @crsutton.bsky.social about her book 'Krackle's Last Movie' ! check out this interview & buy the book ! xraylitmag.com/its-all-in-t...

IT'S ALL IN THE EDIT: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHELSEA SUTTON by Rebecca Gransden

Chelsea Sutton’s rollicking novella Krackle’s Last Movie (Split/Lip Press, 2026) deals in magic and monsters. The mythology of horror icons meets the world of the film documentarian, in a whimsical ri...

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Hurray! Great to see this review of @crsutton.bsky.social's KRACKLE'S LAST MOVIE as we hype up for the release on Tuesday!

Tammy @ Books, Bones & Buffy@booksbonesbuffy.bsky.social · 8mo ago

KRACKLE'S LAST MOVIE by Chelsea Sutton - Review @crsutton.bsky.social @splitlippress.com

Last question for @crsutton.bsky.social, we swear. And join us on Monday for our special PREVIEW NIGHT Zoom launch for Krackle's Last Movie! Link to register in our bio!

It's amazing I get to say I have author events coming up :) All free! The three next week are all virtual! RSVP links on my website: chelseasutton.com I feel so fortunate to get to carve out some bits of time to talk with other authors about books of all things.

❤️LA

L.A. TACO@lataco.bsky.social · 8mo ago

DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol and ICE Raid Almost 20 L.A. Communities, Almost 30 Total in SoCal in Record Numbers @eltragon.bsky.social

This was a super fun interview to do. ❤️ @abbyhiggs.bsky.social is awesome.

Stone Cold Jane Austen@abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 8mo ago

My latest interview for Volume One Brooklyn is with author Chelsea Sutton, whose novella “Krackle’s Last Movie” is a fast and fantastical read, pertinent to our times. Out now from Split Lip Press Find the entire interview here: tinyurl.com/4wxkx54p @crsutton.bsky.social @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social

Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.

Deaths, detentions and deportations of American citizens in the second Trump administration - Wikipedia

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Vigil Held for Alex Pretti, Second Person Killed by Federal Agents in Minneapolis Pretti was an intensive care nurse with the Veterans Affairs. He was fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday. He's the 2nd person killed by feds this month: unicornriot.ninja/2026/federal...

A weird little flash I wrote when on a residency in Tennessee this last May is out today on @themetaworker.bsky.social 😱

The Metaworker Literary Magazine@themetaworker.bsky.social · 8mo ago

“I’m trying,” I say, but I’m not screaming, the screaming is not coming. - excerpt from A Guide to the Heal-By-Scream Method, fiction by Chelsea Sutton #TheMetaworker @crsutton @crsutton.bsky.social themetaworker.com/2026/01/19/h...

I signed 50 bookplates for the first 50 books sold. 📖✍🏼 Watching 50 signatures is riveting content 👀 @splitlippress.com

I did an unboxing video because that’s a thing you do. Everyone likes watching people open their mail, right? My novella is coming out from Split/Lip Press on February 10! @splitlippress.com

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Split/Lip Press@splitlippress.com · 9mo ago

We've got praise during this Blurb Week for @crsutton.bsky.social's novella KRACKLE'S LAST MOVIE from M.M. Olivas! www.splitlippress.com/product-page...

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Split/Lip Press@splitlippress.com · 9mo ago

Continuing @crsutton.bsky.social's Blurb Week with praise from @shingai-be-like.bsky.social for KRACKLE'S LAST MOVIE!

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Split/Lip Press@splitlippress.com · 9mo ago

Second day of Blurb Week for @crsutton.bsky.social's forthcoming novella, KRACKLE'S LAST MOVIE, and we've got these kind words from Anjali Sachdeva!

So excited for this book to come out ❤️

Split/Lip Press@splitlippress.com · 9mo ago

Welcome to Blurb Week for KRACKLE'S LAST MOVIE, @crsutton.bsky.social's novella out on February 10th (preorders are shipping now!) www.splitlippress.com/product-page...

Minneapolis.

Billions to kidnap your immigrant neighbors off the street and now we’re apparently “going to run” another whole damn country but no money for nutritional assistance for kids or guaranteed, quality healthcare for all Americans.

Dave Levitan@davelevitan.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Cancer research costs too much but we have the money to run Venezuela

Two months until publication day for KRACKLE’S LAST MOVIE by @crsutton.bsky.social and we’re stocked up with copies in the office right before the holiday season swings into high gear—we’ll begin shipping preorders in just a couple of weeks! Order your copy at splitlippress.com !

EPISODE 160 – LONG WINTER NIGHTS with Chelsea Sutton We chat with Chelsea Sutton about Holiday Horror, Flash Fiction, Horror theater, the state of podcasting in 2025 and share the first episode of her new multimedia series LONG WINTER NIGHTS! @crsutton.bsky.social

Such a joy to be on this podcast!

We Bleed Orange & Black@webobpodcast.bsky.social · 10mo ago

EPISODE 160 – LONG WINTER NIGHTS with Chelsea Sutton We chat with Chelsea Sutton about Holiday Horror, Flash Fiction, Horror theater, the state of podcasting in 2025 and share the first episode of her new multimedia series LONG WINTER NIGHTS! @crsutton.bsky.social

LP is working hard to complete their BFA at the Art Institute of Chicago, but financial hurdles are making it tough. Every donation helps cover tuition. Please consider contributing or sharing this campaign to support their journey. Every bit counts! www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...

Donate to Keep LP in School Spring 2026, organized by LP Kindred

Hey y'all, I'm LP Kindred, a Chicagoan-Angeleno writer/editor/teaching artist/culture work… LP Kindred needs your support for Keep LP in School Spring 2026

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